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In cast of character and plot structure, parallels are certainly present—Mr. van Loomis is the novel’s magician and ruler; Charis, his literate, island-bound daughter, is Miranda; the playwright Valentine is Ferdinand; and the exiled, brutish Mario is Caliban. 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The ostensibly tranquil state of the French countryside is shattered with the discovery of two corpses: Madame Beauchamp, the victim of \u003ci\u003eA Bad Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, and a mysterious stranger. As the collaborative force of police and priest find themselves at an investigative impasse, Bernanos draws the reader deep into the whirlpool that crime creates, one “which invincibly attracts to its center the innocent and the guilty.” In those enigmatic, forbidding depths, Bernanos reveals the spiritual destruction which preceded the murders and the shocking identity of their perpetrator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWhat you must even now impress upon your soul is the idea \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethat nothing which happens, happens in vain.\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThick with the requisite murder-mystery atmosphere of unsettling suspicion and sudden violence, \u003ci\u003eA Crime\u003c\/i\u003e is a reckoning with good and evil which only the spiritual genius of Bernanos could devise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorges Bernanos\u003c\/b\u003e (1888–1948) was a French Catholic author and critic. 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Covering the actual war years of July 1936 to April 1939, the novel retains the Alvear family and Gerona as its psychological and geographical nuclei while also traversing the entirety of Spain as the chaos of the conflict dictates. Gironella spares none of the horrific details of the Civil War, illustrating the division and discord in families and friendships, the destruction of churches and homes, and the demise of innocence all wrought by the repeated re-enactment of the sin of Cain. From this panorama of death the book draws its title: Gironella writes, “I have used the figure of a million because I am including the murdered among the dead—all those who died at the hands of men who, in the grip of hatred, killed their own capacity for pity, their own souls.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him. \u003c\/i\u003e(T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003ehe Book of Genesis)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eMatching the ambitious scope, dramatic poise, and emotional poignancy of its prequel, \u003ci\u003eOne Million Dead\u003c\/i\u003e balances between impartiality and its author’s own attitude as it conducts the autopsy of a national tragedy which, its global relevance and repercussions notwithstanding, reveals the fundamentally fratricidal nature of war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosé María Gironella\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1917–2003) was a Spanish novelist, born in the Catalonian province of Gerona. He is best known for his historical novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Cypresses Believe in God\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won the National Prize for Literature. His other works include \u003ci\u003eOne Million Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeace After War\u003c\/i\u003e, which complete the trilogy begun with \u003ci\u003eThe Cypresses Believe in God\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhere the Soil Was Shallow\u003c\/i\u003e, his debut novel for which he won the Nadal Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 412pp.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1952826955\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVolume II available \u003cspan style=\"color: #cc7722;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #cc7722;\" href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/jose-maria-gironella\/products\/one-million-dead-vol-ii\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41143905255581,"sku":"978-1952826955","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/products\/Product129.jpg?v=1633464639"},{"product_id":"one-million-dead-vol-ii","title":"One Million Dead, Vol. II","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy José María Gironella\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne Million Dead\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003econtinues the chronicle of the Spanish Civil War begun in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #cc7722;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/jose-maria-gironella\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cc7722;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Cypresses Believe in God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. Covering the actual war years of July 1936 to April 1939, the novel retains the Alvear family and Gerona as its psychological and geographical nuclei while also traversing the entirety of Spain as the chaos of the conflict dictates. Gironella spares none of the horrific details of the Civil War, illustrating the division and discord in families and friendships, the destruction of churches and homes, and the demise of innocence all wrought by the repeated re-enactment of the sin of Cain. From this panorama of death the book draws its title: Gironella writes, “I have used the figure of a million because I am including the murdered among the dead—all those who died at the hands of men who, in the grip of hatred, killed their own capacity for pity, their own souls.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehe Book of Genesis)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMatching the ambitious scope, dramatic poise, and emotional poignancy of its prequel,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne Million Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebalances between impartiality and its author’s own attitude as it conducts the autopsy of a national tragedy which, its global relevance and repercussions notwithstanding, reveals the fundamentally fratricidal nature of war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJosé María Gironella\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(1917–2003) was a Spanish novelist, born in the Catalonian province of Gerona. He is best known for his historical novel,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Cypresses Believe in God\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won the National Prize for Literature. 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One ordinary-seeming Saturday night in Edinburgh, the “Garden of Eden” dance-hall is doing a very brisk business, when the answer to Father Malachy’s prayer arrives all of a sudden: the building and its inhabitants are removed to the island of Bass Rock. The consequences of this miracle seemingly know no bounds. The media, the clergy, the scientists, the general public all converge in seeking an explanation, whether material or spiritual, as to how this event could have transpired. At the center of the controversy and chaos calmly stands Father Malachy, disdaining both the crass excesses of the world and the pusillanimous explications found even among Christians, and laying claim to the the simple saving grace of God for his wandering sheep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBrought, at long last, back into print, \u003ci\u003eFather Malachy’s Miracle\u003c\/i\u003e is just as clever, comedic, and downright enjoyable as the day it first unassumingly appeared as “a heavenly story with an earthly meaning.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Marshall \u003c\/b\u003e(1899–1987) was a Scottish writer, accountant, veteran of both World Wars, and convert to Roman Catholicism. 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Beginning with the eponymous novel, and moving quickly through the novellas \u003ci\u003eThérèse and the Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThérèse at the Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e to its harrowing terminus at \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, François Mauriac completes his emblem of “that power, granted to all human beings…of saying ‘No’ to the law which beats them down.” Technically outstanding, the Thérèse stories employ early cinematographic devices to create their alternatingly restive and stifling atmosphere, deftly presented in English here by Gerard Hopkins’ translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ePerhaps more so than any of Mauriac’s other characters, Thérèse Des­q­ueyroux embodies his artistic \u003ci\u003eraisonnement\u003c\/i\u003e: “My characters do not perhaps all believe that God is alive, but all of them have a conscience which knows that part of their being recognizes evil and could not commit it. 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